Monday, August 30, 2010

Design Wall Monday

Last Friday, I went to a class with a very friendly group that meets in Monroe, Wisconsin.  We meet a couple of times a year to do a fun and easy quilt project.  We always eat brown bag lunches and have show and tell.


This time the project was "Chain of Brights."  I finished piecing the nine inch blocks Saturday afternoon.


I used a piece of rainbow-dyed fabric from last summer's dyeing projects for most of the bright patches and a fun print with purple whales and other silly-looking sea-life for the background.  I think I'm going to use the rainbow-dye for the binding.  This quilt is for a certain new baby born this summer.

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11 comments:

Nina Marie said...

Wow - love how you hand dyed that piece - Don't you love to use your own hand dyeds?? LOVE the quilt - VERY COOL!

Tamera said...

Wow! Makes me want to try dyeing!

Judy Warner said...

Very lucky baby!

Chris said...

It looks like we are doing the same pattern. Yay! I love the print you are using.

Cathy said...

That is so much fun to look at. The baby, and the parents, will be so happy with it.

AnnieO said...

Bright and joyful--great for a baby. So nice that you're using your own hand dyes.

kwiltnkats said...

Lovely quilt. So happy looking for a new baby. Your dye job is really nice; good deep color.

Gari in AL said...

What a really cool quilt and great for a baby. And I really like both the pattern and your dyed fabric.

Quilt Rat said...

Don't you just love it when a one of a kind piece of fabric you have created works so well in a quilt!
Excellent!!!

Karen M said...

This looks like it was so much fun to make, and it will be so cheerful for the lucky baby.

Michele Matucheski said...

Karen,
I love that rainbow piece you dyed! I think you've inspired me to do some mess-making this weekend. Thanks!